From: Jeff Polidoro (willys@vgernet.net)
Date: Wed Jul 24 2002 - 07:42:56 PDT
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From: "Jeff Polidoro" <willys@vgernet.net>
To: "Wayne Harris" <papercu@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 10:42 AM
Subject: 14 year old 3 year battery
> Joe Young wrote:
>
> > > I have been pulling batteries dated 1991 and 1992 out of deuces.
> > >6TL batteries do not last ten years, usually three,
>
> A battery will easily last 10 years if you don't completely discharge it
or
> ask it to deliver its rated power before it is properly charged. Our 1992
> Yukon still has its original battery. One reason it has lasted so long
> that we ordered it new so it never sat on a delaer's lot discharging and
> then used to start the vehicle for short test drives. My 95 Hummer has
also
> has its original battery.
>
> New cars have so many electronic gimmicks that would kill a battery that
> they now come with a blockout that allows only starting and is supposed to
> be bypassed when the car is dealer prepped after a sale but none of the
> dealers want to have to explain to a prospective buyer why none of the
> electric gizmos on a barnd new car work so they defeat it as soon as the
car
> hits the lot. All those things discharging the battery assure that it
won't
> last even the rated 3 years much less the 12 or 14. If you buy a new,
> especially a leftover, insist that they swap out the battery for a fresh
> one.
>
> My record for a battery is 14 years in an old Corvette I owned. Even then
> it only died because I left the key on one night. If you fully charge a
new
> battery before you use it to start the vehicle, never discharge it
> completely and recharge it if you let it get low before putting a heavy
load
> on it (like after the winter or long non-use, etc) getting 10 years from
it
> is not out of the question.
>
> JP
>
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